--- title: A phone game shows the long hand on 12 and the short hand on 3 and a… — Reading the clock: hours, minutes and… · tree and pragmatics description: A phone game shows the long hand on 12 and the short hand on 3 and asks, "Is it 12:03?" 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The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t10:1 # text = A phone game shows the long hand on 12 and the short hand on 3 and asks, "Is it 12:03?" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 12:03 12:03 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | a phone game | the long hand and the short hand on 3 | | 12 | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Recipient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a phone game *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | game | 12:03 | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, three minutes past twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, three minutes past twelve 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 past past ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} No, it is quarter past twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t10:o2:1 # text = No, it is quarter past twelve 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | quarter | | | | past twelve *nmod* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, it is twelve minutes past three ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t10:o3:1 # text = No, it is twelve minutes past three 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 past past ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | twelve minutes | | | | past three | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, it is three o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t10:o4:1 # text = No, it is three o'clock 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | three o'clock | | | | | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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